Are Repugs Days Numbered? - They Are Doing Everything Possible To Piss Off Major Voting Blocs......

[MrSlayer]

23. Gerrymandering, voter suppression, turnout.

They have the game rigged to have a nearly permanent majority in the House and not just on the federal level but also on the state level. Yeah, a lot of those groups are going be outraged but they're all penned up and put away in neat little compartments where they can't hurt the overall power structure.

It's not just the bagger base, it's all Republicans in general. They're not going to go against the party even if they're uncomfortable with some of the extreme positions. They have been trained and conditioned for years to consider every Democrat to be a communist and it takes a real shithead like a Todd Akin or a complete and utter moron like Christine O'Donnell to give them pause. And really, if Akin hadn't opened his stupid mouth he would have won easily.

And then there is voter suppression that is going to be coming down hard across the board to assist Republicans in statewide and national elections. They are already pulling out every stop to tamp down the votes of those they don't want to participate.

They aren't doing the crazy things they're doing because they're afraid of being swept out of power and they have to do it while they can. They're doing it because they know there are no repercussions for doing so, nor will there be.

I wish I could agree with your optimistic assessment but I see a bunch of people that play for keeps and are hellbent on taking and holding every bit of power they can by hook or by crook. And I see an electorate too stupid or too complacent to think for themselves or research issues.
You have to consider the penchant of people to vote against their own interests. They love doing it for the aforementioned reason of sticking it to the "liberal elite" that dare tell them what they need or what's good for them.

And finally there is the turnout issue. The Democrats traditionally do not come out for midterms while the Republicans come out the same for every election. We need the same enthusiasm we had for 2008 and 2012 but that's really hard to muster up because a) Obama isn't running again b) People in the party are really disillusioned with him and the party in general and c) all those extra people that came out simply to vote for him don't understand the importance of midterms.

We're going to need something miraculous to happen. The deck is stacked so hard against us.

It would be nice a nice start if the party leadership would stop appointing republicans to everything and pursuing Reaganesque policies. Start being Democrats again, make it a stark choice. And go from there.